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A calculus formed in the bladder
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cystolith
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Cystolith \Cys"to*lith\ (s?s"t?-l?th), n. [Gr. ???? bladder + -lith.] (Bot.) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant. (Med.) A urinary calculus.
Wikipedia
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Cystolith (Gr. "cavity" and "stone") is a botanical term for the inorganic concretions, usually of calcium carbonate , formed in a cellulose matrix in special cells called lithocysts, generally in the leaf of plants of certain families, e.g. Ficus elastica ...
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n. a calculus formed in the bladder [syn: bladder stone ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context botany English) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant. 2 (context medicine English) A urinary calculus.